Fast user switching

Hi, we have Vista Home Premium on my sons laptop and just put Mcafee desktop
firewall on. When I try to access the firewall settings I get the message
'If you are using FUS, disable it'. How do I disable it? or do I need to?

Thanks.

Ray...

"Raymo" <> wrote in message
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> Hi, we have Vista Home Premium on my sons laptop and just put Mcafee
> desktop firewall on. When I try to access the firewall settings I get the
> message 'If you are using FUS, disable it'. How do I disable it? or do I
> need to?


Uninstall McAfee.

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Thanks for the info but how will that help?


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> "Raymo" <> wrote in message
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>> Hi, we have Vista Home Premium on my sons laptop and just put Mcafee
>> desktop firewall on. When I try to access the firewall settings I get
>> the message 'If you are using FUS, disable it'. How do I disable it? or
>> do I need to?
>
>
> Uninstall McAfee.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
> www.fjsmjs.com
> Do not reply with email

Raymo wrote:

> Thanks for the info but how will that help?
>
>
> "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <> wrote in message
> news:B4CDADF4-2E90-46ED-AF1C-...
>> "Raymo" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi, we have Vista Home Premium on my sons laptop and just put Mcafee
>>> desktop firewall on. When I try to access the firewall settings I get
>>> the message 'If you are using FUS, disable it'. How do I disable it? or
>>> do I need to?
>>
>>
>> Uninstall McAfee.

1. McAfee is horrible and has plenty of issues with Vista.
2. The problem arose immediately after installing McAfee. Hence, cause and
effect.
3. McAfee is horrible and has plenty of issues with Vista. (Yes, I repeated
this on purpose!) Replace with NOD32, Kaspersky, or even Avast if you want
a free AV. The built-in Windows Firewall is adequate for most people.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
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Don't Panic!

Can't speak to the issue of whether you need to disable FUS, but if you
choose to, this link will tell you how:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/89...switching.html

You'll follow Method Two. Note that this involves a registry change. Note
also that FUS is not being disabled in an inherent way, just that the option
to Switch Users is being removed. But that's what McAfee is looking for.

Since this is your son's laptop, he may not need more than one account,
depending on whether the 'guest' account is disabled and on whether he is
running as administrator.

"Raymo" wrote:

> Hi, we have Vista Home Premium on my sons laptop and just put Mcafee desktop
> firewall on. When I try to access the firewall settings I get the message
> 'If you are using FUS, disable it'. How do I disable it? or do I need to?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ray...
>
>
>

Hi Raymo,

Don't have McAfee here to test. For McAfee product specific issues, you may post in their support forums:

VirusScan - McAfee Support Forums:
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/forumdisplay.php?f=115

To disable FUS using Policy-based registry setting, see:

How to disable Fast User Switching in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
(Don't know if this will fix the McAfee issue though.)

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"Raymo" <> wrote in message news:...
Hi, we have Vista Home Premium on my sons laptop and just put Mcafee desktop
firewall on. When I try to access the firewall settings I get the message
'If you are using FUS, disable it'. How do I disable it? or do I need to?

Thanks.

Ray...